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Baylor has its good things for sure, but it is not the epitome of life. I have enjoyed it and will remember it, but I think more than anything it has prepared me for life. I feel ready to interact with whoever, whenever.

Seroiusly consider how you want your life to be at Baylor. If you are okay being bored out of your mind in a lame city not having the typical college experience, then Baylor is for you. Like lots of my friends say, if you loved high school, you will hate Baylor, but if you hated high school, you will love Baylor. Stay on campus when you visit! ASK QUESTIONS FROM STUDENTS! Those student guides will feed you nothing but lies, so watch your back! Look around and consider all options. Just because your parents loved Baylor 30 years ago does NOT mean you will.

This school is expensive, that's for sure. But the small environment with the big school options make this a great place to go to college if you can afford it/get scholarships for it. There are a few people who had their lives paid for them and have no idea how to take care of themselves, which is kinda sad/kinda funny. But most folks are pretty level-headed, and I think you'd get that anywhere you go to some degree. I have been pretty happy here. Look at your options, look at the campus, and good luck.

Baylor is plaintively terrible. Avoid it at all costs.

Things I wish I'd known before coming to Baylor: Check bubooks.com for professor ratings before choosing classes. Buy your books on half.com a month before classes start if you want to save about $200. Invest in a security system if you're living off campus. Take English Comp online or at a community college. Use Craigslist. Apply for as much financial aid as you can. Don't go to Cameron Park at night!

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The most important social move when coming to Baylor, especially when you don't know many people, is getting involved early and often. Your first semester here will set the tone for your social life. Go to meetings for all kinds of different groups and find which ones suit you and your agenda well. Academic wise, it is tough to make the transition from high school classes to college classes. If you come from a public high school, there is an especially huge difference. So, the best thing to do is to go to your professors and ask them about how they feel you can best study or otherwise prepare for their tests. Each professor is different, so getting a feel for what each professor feels to be important about that specific class is a must.

Baylor has helped me become a better person overall. I have my stuff together so much more than any of my friend from high school who are at other colleges. I have made better friends than I could have ever hoped for and I have been apart of some amazing things here. We have float, Sing, philanthropy, and 1,000 other things but its because its fun. My friend at colleges who dont have this are jealous. It is a bonding experince and you accomplish things you would never do otherwise. If I had to chose all over again I would def. pick Baylor. It has made my college years the most amazing experience of my life, and I believe my life will be better later on because of what I am taking away from here.

Baylor's awesome. It'll change you if you let it.

Sic 'em!

Overall I would say that where every you may go enjoy the college life, it is suppose to be best years of your life. I have enjoyed my three years here at Baylor and look forward to another year. My experience has not been a bad one at all. I would not change a thing that I have done at Baylor. I do not second guess if I picked the right college. I beleive that I attended the right college for me. Of course not every college is the right one for some people. But I believe that Baylor offers (try to) the best college experience possible.

Sing! This is probably Baylor's biggest tradition that no other school can touch. The music, the passion, the drama. Sing! brings together people from all over the Baylor community and entertains like no other. I would encourage any freshman to do Sing Alliance, or join their fraternities act.

Too much to write.

Baylor has a place for everyone but you just might have to look for it.

BAYLOR IS SOOOO MUCH FUN. it is the perfect balance of parties and academics. church and studying. drinking and simply having random fun times. everyone is here to learn and get an amazing degree but we have fun and let loose at the same time. people are sane..not too crazy but definitely not too boring. work hard. party hard. hot girls. hot boys. good churches. good concerts. boring city..but BAYLOR makes up for it. its not called a baylor bubble for nothing.

I tend to find that as a whole Baylor's student body is unconcerned with any type of environmental progress. While this is very upsetting, there are several student/faculty organizations that are actively pursuing more environmentally friendly practices on campus. It greatly annoys me that all of the cleaning staff is of Hispanic decent, and NONE of them speak English. The cost of attending Baylor is not cheap, but there are so many scholarships available to help with tuition. Also, I would highly recommend bringing in as much AP/IB credit so that you don't have to take as many basic freshman classes, you will free up a lot of time in your schedule, and it is good to know that once you have been accepted you can only transfer 15 credits from another school into Baylor for your degree (excluding all high school credit). When planning which classes to take over the next four years, the credit I earned in high school has been so helpful.

baylor is expensive. you will have a good education if you can afford it. and if you can put up with the religious stuff for the first 2 years you'll be fine. the campus is beautiful and you make good friends. there are always complaints about schools. i've enjoyed my time at baylor, but that's because i made it so.

SIC EM Bears After Disney World Baylor is the greatest place on earth BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT!! Baylor has a beautiful campus!

Hard work pays off. If you go to any university this is going to be obvious, but when your professors know you by name and ask you why you weren't in class on Friday it can be a bit weird. We do have an attendence policy at Baylor, but if you miss class it is really only your loss. Join groups! If you want a sorority or fraternity, go ahead. If not we have everything from band and orchestra to competitiave and club sports teams. Not that good at sports? Awesome, come and make a fool out of yourself as a group in intermurals, trust me you will have a blast. Want an academic group? We have BIC and Honors classes, you can find a bunch of friends there. One last thing, get the cheapest meal plan you can, you won't use them anyway. After freshman year drop the meal plan and just pay for meals out of Dining Dollars or Bear Bucks, it's cheaper if you do the math.

Visiting hours for the opposite gender in the dorms are ridiculous. All boys must leave by 10pm on week nights and midnight on weekends. Parking is very difficult- it's almost impossible to find a good spot.